Presenting Final Images

One of the ways I have presented my images is through the band's facebook page - here - and also, someone who was at the shoot requested to put my pictures on their blog so with my details, she put some of my images on her blog.

Frames Frames Frames

I have now recieved the frames ordered from wilkinson-burton, these are perfect for the printed pictures too. The pictures were printed from a company called Proam based in bradford. I spent a couple of minutes taking the frame apart and adding my prints to it. But after completing that task, my aim now is to sell both images if not one, at a minimum price of £35. My first option would be togo to the band and try and sell it to them. Here is the link for the frames - http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/photo-frames/wilko-photo-frame-black-20inx16in/invt/0291029/

Some Macro Shots...

Here are some macro shots I have taken with my Canon 600D and its 18-55 IS Kit Lens, the three cup photos were aided with my Velbon DF 50 Tripod.

Portraiture Shots

To get the best out of my portraiture photography, I decided to go and shoot a friend's band. This was on the 29th of December when they were releasing their E.P! They were very welcoming and grateful for the pictures. Also after looking up some techniques at this website i had the confidence to shoot the band in full manual.

Therefore I took my Canon 600D to shoot with and my 4GB SDHC Memory card and two lenses. These were my 18-55mm IS Canon lens and my 70-300mm IS /Macro Tamron Lens.

I had to be aware of quite a few precautions such as slipping as it was in a pub with many drinks, tripping over wires, being pushed into the band. Also i chose not to take the tripod as there would be too many people and not much space as the camera would've been pushed over.

Therefore i ended up taking around 565 pictures within the 4 hours. These were of 2 bands - The 5 Days Of November & Dizzy Missile. Then when I had came back home, i had narrowed the lot down to 74 images. Then I had a try and edited them to give them a vintage look. But they did not suit the theme of it being a band shoot so I just kept the originals. Then I narrowed the selection to 33 images Here are a few of those images...

I edited these pictures using photoshop cs5 using a mac. Some of the techniques i used to edit these were: adjusting the curves, adjusting the vibrance, adding a fade around the close-ups, cropping and changing the saturation. But i chose not to keep them like that because I would have lost out on the band style atmosphere and colours.

This image is a good portrait i shot as it shows the musician in a glaze at the crowd and also because he is toned and exposed correctly at the scene and with the theme. 

This is also a good shot I took because The composition has the rule of thirds involved. It has the fans on the sides whilst having a viewpoint of behind the crowd.

I thought this photograph was a well structured shot too because you have the guitarist focussed and the drummer out of focus at the back but you also have a very good angle to the shot.

This was one of my favourite shots because it has the lead singer in full focus and then the composition of the two other guitarists concentrating. This again, has the rule of thirds in place.

I thought this was a very good portrait because the shot included motion and a very dramatic shot of the lead guitarist. Also the background of the scene was fussy which suited the theme.

I thought this was also a very decent shot as the drummer was in full focus where as his kit was out of focus. The back wall also added the nice touch of filling the scene.

This shot of the lead guitarist is excellent because he has full focus on his face with perfect lighting of the atmosphere and also you have the motion of his hand struming the guitar. Not to mention the composition includes the microphone.

Seeming to be a very characteristic shot, this photo shows the band culture with the highly recognised converse pumps but also you have the wires and leads of the amps wiring around his feet. 

Chan Chen

I like Chan Chen's images very well because he knows how to show patterns very well such as the sunflower face-on shot below. Also he knows how to shoot focusing objects very well which is done in both images - the rose and the ladybird. They show a very strong focal point for the audience. Also he knows how to show colour at its strongest, in the themes associated... for example the rose is white and shown as if its pure and white, the sunflower showing brightness and happiness and the ladybird on the leaf that shows very vivid colours.

Anonymous Photographer

These are some of the characteristic shots that i would like to achieve. Unfortunately these images had no  identifiable photographer.

Marcus Maschwitz

 Currently living in London (United Kingdom) he specialises in Music and Band Photography including live music photography, portrait photography as well as album photography that can be used for artwork as well as marketing.

This is one of the type of photos i would like to capture when I do some band photography. This is because it features a large concert-like atmosphere. To create this there would need to be varied colours of lighting, floating fog, a good camera angle and also a great band leader shot that would pretend to bring the crowd up.

This is another type of shot tat i would like to achieve as it displays the band in a concert-fame type of form where they're all playing and singing. This shows the real band aroma. Not to mention that it is a black and white shot but you can still judge the atmosphere by including the lights in the shot and all of the equiptment.

I am aiming to attain a shot like this if I cannot do the others as it is a typical lead singer shot... it shows various effects. For example there is a good use of depth of field and also there is the Black & White feature. Also showing that the background of the scene looks as if the band was shot at a pub, this gives it a good look as the audience read it as it being a gig and the band being available and also gives the scene some more atmosphere. As the band shoot that I will be doing will be in a pub, I will be able to grab some shots like these too.